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15 & 16 March 2017

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Lot

№ 350

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15 March 2017

Hammer Price:
£2,400

Charles II (1660-1685), BRITISH COINS, Charles II (1660-1685), Crown, 1662, first bust, rose below, edge undated (cf. ESC 15; cf. S 3350). Struck like a proof, good very fine and extremely rare £2,000-2,600

Although not listed in ESC, Linecar & Stone (pp.7-8) mention three specimens which are struck ‘like a proof’. The portrait is rendered in higher relief and superior detail. A diagnostic on these rare pieces is the v of carolvs, which is always weak at the top